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Australia desert racer Toby Price of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team on Friday won his third stage in the 2016 Dakar Rally and moves within 35 seconds of current overall leader Paolo Goncalves.

Price has now won three of the six stages, with another seven still on the program, in what is his second attempt at the notorious rally event.

Factory teammate Matthias Walkner of Austria was second in the stage, finishing only one minute five seconds behind Price, who completed the 542km timed special in five hours 51 minutes 48 seconds.

The total stage distance was 723km, the longest so far in this edition. Current overall leader Goncalves was third in the stage.

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